Smooth Approve

plugin has been rebuilt adding compatibility with latest Classipress 3.5.4+

starting with version 2.0, you can use the plugin to moderate free ads even if the payments system is enabled. Smooth Approve will handle moderation if the total ad cost is 0 (zero).

Handy plugin that enhances default ClassiPress ad status moderation features, adding new options that will help you approve user submitted ads more easily.

So far, these are the options you can use:

Besides the current known options that already exist in ClassiPress; “Published” and “Pending Review”, this plugin introduces 2 new options:

Select the number of approved and published ads a user needs to have to be able to publish his ads live without your moderation, only moderate those who have less than X number of live ads published.

You can also choose to save the history of the ads you approve or delete for every user and use that instead of current number of active live ads.

(This is preferred as it preserves the count if you delete expired ads or you let the users delete their own ads.)

This works similar to a User Reputation System:

Every time you approve a pending ad, that user gets 1 point.

If you delete a published ad, he loses 1 point.

If you need to delete an active ad without user losing reputation, I suggest you set that ad to draft and then delete it.

You also have the option to manually edit each user’s reputation score in WP-Admin – Users

If a user drops to reputation 0, either manually or dynamically, that user won’t be able to gain reputation and post live ads without your intervention.

This is the best solution if you don’t want or don’t have time to manually review all pending ads but also don’t feel comfortable letting new, untrusted users post live ads. You can even set a higher reputation score needed in order to publish live ads without moderation and then manually edit and raise the reputation of the users you know and trust.

v1.1 – 23.04.2013
– added option to save the number of approved ads in the database
– added emails to notify both owner and admin on Publish to Pending action
– added the option to send an email to the ad owner of pending ads that are being moved to trash (declined)
– added code required for localization, the plugin is now fully translatable.

v1.2 – 14.05.2013

-added option to save number of deleted ads for each user
– added option to edit user reputation score in wp-admin – users

v1.3 – 30.05.2013

– minor bug fixes
– added .pot translation file

v2.0 – 01.04.2016
– plugin has been rebuilt adding compatibility with latest Classipress 3.5.4
– starting with version 2.0, you can use the plugin to moderate free ads even if the payments system is enabled. Smooth Approve will handle moderation if the total ad cost is 0 (zero).

There is no such option but you do have the “Relist ad” option in Classipress that allows users to re list expired ads. All you have to do is to set a lower expire date and Classipress notifies the user that his ad is about to expire.

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2. As you can see, I’ve amended the registration form on the theme
(http://nostringscasualencounters.com/register/). When the site
administrators decide to approve users or not, I want them to be able to
access the information that they type into these boxes. Where will it be
displayed as it isn’t currently under the user section on WordPress?
Will your plugin help with this?

Did you get support for this David?
I just installed this plugin and hoping that it works well.

I found that if installed after site is lunched, the reputation is set to blank.
I was hoping it would migrate over the existing amount of approved adverts a user already has.
Not really wanting to go an manually edit 800+ users

I am also using the Verified Members plugin, hopefully that still works as I have those set to publish straight away without moderation.

I’ll look into the problem Shaun. I don’t know how Verified Members works. If Smooth Approve works properly, it should moderate those who don’t have the required number of ads previously approved.
Did you previously verify those members manually?